C72800 Copper-nickel vs. C68000 Brass
Both C72800 copper-nickel and C68000 brass are copper alloys. They have 61% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C72800 copper-nickel and the bottom bar is C68000 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.9 to 23 | |
| 27 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 1270 | |
| 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 1210 | |
| 140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 920 | |
| 870 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 55 | |
| 96 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 38 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.4 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 360 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 37 to 99 | |
| 82 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 to 5650 | |
| 95 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 40 | |
| 14 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 30 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 17 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 45 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 78.3 to 82.8 | |
| 56 to 60 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.25 to 1.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.0050 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.050 to 0.3 | |
| 0.010 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.5 to 10.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.040 to 0.15 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0025 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0.75 to 1.1 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 35.6 to 42.8 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |